Enfield Ramrod Spring Question

I just picked up a recent Euroarms P1853 Enfield. The ramrod just kinda slides in and out of the channel, there's no indication that it engages the spring.

I pulled the barrel and there's nothing obviously amiss, but I'm not sure how it's supposed to work: the ramrod 'bumps' the spring finger up, but is the tension generated by the spring pressing into the bottom of the barrel, or is it the opposite end of the spring pivoting down against the stock?